Video shows Layne's concerns after shooting grandson

Sandra Layne, on trial for the murder of her grandson, Jonathon Hoffman, 17, in her West Bloomfield home. The trial is being held in Judge Denise Langford Morris' Oakland County Circuit Courtroom. Tuesday, March 5, 2012. (Tim Thompson/For the Daily Tribune)

Layne asked to speak to her neighbor before again complaining of pain from the handcuffs.

“It hurts so bad,” she said.“Maybe it’s my watch or the buttons or something. It hurts so bad!”

Layne then said she’d be quiet if officers left the car door open, because “it’s so hot in here.”

An officer then asked to take photos of Layne. She had blood on her face, hands and clothing.

“Me? But how is Jon?” she asked.

Layne continued to ask to speak to her husband and also asked to go to Botsford Hospital, where police said Hoffman had been taken.

“Have you heard anything? Have they told you about Jon yet? Have you heard about Jon yet? You will tell me as soon as you do,” she told Kassab as the two were en route to Henry Ford Hospital, where Layne was taken for an evaluation.

“Why was that news truck across the street? Tell me.”

Before being removed from the car, Layne asked “What’s going to happen?”

“My Jon,” she said.“Oh Jon.”

During cross examination from Layne’s attorney, Kassab agreed that Layne was hysterical in the video.

Oakland County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Paul Walton then asked Kassab whether Layne was panting, sweating or had tears in her eyes. Kassab did not see any tears in her eyes and said she was not panting or sweating.

West Bloomfield Police Officer Jonathan Lamb, who testified earlier in the day, had said Layne was calm in the immediate aftermath of the shooting as well as 90 minutes later, but he could not account for the time in between — when she was in the police car.

Her demeanor was not listed in Lamb’s report.

“Are people supposed to read your mind that she was calm?” Sabbota asked.

Both Lamb and Kassab said Layne admitted to killing her grandson.

After testimony concluded for the day, Oakland County Circuit Judge Denise Langford Morris ruled on two matters.

First, the prosecution was ordered to instruct its witnesses to refer to Hoffman as either the alleged victim or decedent. Sabbota objected multiple times Tuesday when witnesses called Hoffman the victim.

Following that ruling, Walton informed the court that he learned that two witnesses had been viewing a live television feed of Tuesday’s proceedings in the hallway outside of the courtroom.

Before the trial began, both sides agreed to a sequestration order for all witnesses. One of the witnesses was stricken from the witness list, and Langford Morris ordered television stations to refrain from showing a live feed in the hallway.

Testimony will resume Thursday afternoon.

Contact Dave Phillips at 248-745-4631 or dave.phillips@oakpress.com. Follow him on Twitter @dave_phillips1.